basghetti

j: what's for dinner?
me: spaghetti
j: wait . . . you know how to make that?

I don't know what took me so long in life to figure out this easiest of meals that my kids love. I guess mainly its because I hate spaghetti and always have, so its not something I'd make for myself or eat under any circumstances.

But, in my ongoing and constantly failed/renewed quest to provide healthy family dinners for me and the kidlets, I bought some spaghetti noodles and ragu sauce at the grocery store this weekend. And it was such a hit, J was actually making grunting eating noises as he shoved it in his face so fast he must have thought it would disappear. And going on about how great the sauce was! Seriously, I boiled noodles for 9 minutes then dumped some sauce right out of the jar, and I'm a freakin gourmet. I've earned a new respect in my kids' eyes.

Who knew?